In
American society today we live in a very rich oil-based economy, and it doesn’t
end on domestic land. The trade and
conflicts with the Middle East and the rest of the world mostly involves oil
and energy resources for the products we make today. “Yes, oil is all around us,” an economist may
argue. They might also argue that we
need oil to thrive economically; to hold an upper-hand against China. I can concur with this, but only if the
environment and nonrenewable resources of energy are taken into better thoughts
of consideration. Asking to completely reverse
our lifestyles, I know would be detrimental, and that’s why no bill requesting
for that is anywhere close to being enacted by popular vote. Proposing the Advanced Vehicle Technology Act
is a nice start when you’re considering the imposing threat of peak oil and
dangers to our environment, as well as advancing our transportation systems. The roads of America today are filled with high-end
traffic with idling cars, bumper to bumper, and among these drivers are
insufficient, large gas-guzzling SUVs.
The bill proposes that we hone in and inspect every aspect that is put
into our automotive and oil industries, so that we have winners and negotiations
among all participating stakeholders.
These affected stakeholders of course include the owners of the automotive
and oil industries, as well as the sponsor of the bill, Michigan’s Democratic
Senator, Debbie Stabenow, and the committee members of the Energy and Natural
Resources committee, who are reading the bill over. Other prospective stakeholders of this
proposition may include the House, Senate, President, and then smaller tiers of
government like state and local involvements if research and development make it
to those levels of enactment. Though I have
highlighted oil as the major contributor to building a larger understanding of automotive
technologies, the bill covers a vaster array of notions we should inquire. Sleeker designs with more aerodynamic proportions
and alternate sources of energy may then intrigue individuals into at least
pass this bill and continue our researches, because why would we leave energy-insufficient
cars on the road?
The
Advanced Vehicle Technology Act/bill was introduced March 7th, 2013
to committee. The bill sits with the Energy
and Natural Resources Committee and has been read over twice since its
introduction. It is waiting on a report
by the committee so it can seek action in the House, Senate, and so on. According to govtrack.us, the bill is at a
52% chance of getting passed through committee, which is a decent percentage. They say that it has a 5% chance of being
enacted, which scares me though. Why
would it be so low, and why wouldn’t we want this bill to pass as a country or
as government? Every objective listed on
the proposed bill holds legitimate allocation for research and development that
we should tackle as a government and nation.
If we don’t up our research on automotive technologies we may be stuck
with incredibly insufficient vehicles for much longer than we need to. We would see more worn down cars on the road,
still idling and breaking down the same way, while oil companies will still gain
benefits and we just complain. Our fight
for oil may only get worse if we don’t look into our alternatives. If we can make fuel in other ways, why wouldn’t
we attempt that today? Just
imagine if we continued to stall on this issue and prolonged the inevitable
future of automotive technologies.
American cars would remain a second-tier option to Japanese and German
made automobiles, and that would impose a threat to our economy. We can seek vast amounts of environmental
concerns if oil-based decisions don’t amend in our outlook, and some international
parties may also construe a stubborn perspective on us Americans if we pass up
on advancing technologies that could better the country and/or world. So please federal government, let’s do what
we can and allow this bill become a law.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s488#overview
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:S.488:
http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/488
It is important for the American Automobile industry to grow and I think that the best way for that to happen is for the best cars to be produced. Congress has no business telling car manufacturers how to build their car, if tax payer money wasn't used to bail them out. that is exactly what happened and now they have the right to tell them to produce more efficient cars. The most efficient way to do that could be by build better eco-friendly cars. It would be better for the country if in 10 years cars where not dependent on oil. Government intervention might be the only way that happens.
ReplyDelete